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No, The Broad Avenue to Heaven","monsters-are-coming-chapter-348",348,"\u003Cp>After receiving the Star Net's assurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early the next morning, the Earth Alliance's registration team arrived at Fate City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three silver-gray aircraft landed in the central square; as the cabin doors slid open, eighteen staff members in uniform marched out in formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying collection equipment that appeared strangely shaped to the Fate Clan, they set up a temporary workstation in the center of the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please cooperate with the biological information collection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead registration representative announced the situation to the gathered Fate Clan members via a translator, stating this was a necessary step to obtain official status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, the Fate Clan members merely sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They cared nothing for the Earth Alliance's status, even deeming the entire affair meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was the Fate Lord's requirement, so they could only comply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a long queue formed outside the temporary workstation, the registration staff, holding palm-sized scanners, scanned the pupils of the Fate Clan members one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each scan, the iris patterns of the Fate Clan members became one of their identity markers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proceeding simultaneously was gene sampling; the staff took out slender collection swabs, intending to extract gene samples from the Fate Clan members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this step stumped the Eclipse Clan staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, a sharp-tipped sampling swab could easily extract a target's blood sample.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the collection swab could not pierce the Fate Clan's bodily defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, contempt was unmistakable in the eyes of the Fate Clan members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing this issue, Ming Hou immediately requested his clansmen cooperate with the process by drawing their own blood and submitting it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though dissatisfied in their hearts, the clansmen dared not defy Ming Hou's decision in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once this step was completed, a unique identity code was generated on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fate Clan broke records, officially establishing themselves within the Earth Alliance within three days of their descent, with all clansmen registered as residents of the Earth Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Fate Clan members who followed Ming Hou had all cooperated to complete the identity registration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving the Star Net codes issued that day, along with the crystal identity cards marking them as formal residents of the Earth Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still felt bewildered by Ming Hou's series of actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to this desolate minor world, they considered themselves beings of a higher civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now they were expected to remain humble before a race of backward life forms, even proactively offering precious resources upon first contact, which many clansmen found hard to accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In private exchanges, voices of doubt continued to spread:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why waste resources coming to this meaningless minor world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this minor world held hidden wealth, why not explore and search for it, instead of choosing to settle and build a new clan territory on this mere patch of land?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did the Fate Lord restrict them, mandating they operate only within designated areas and strictly forbidding them from going out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even sternly demanded that clansmen not use any abilities in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This development model, akin to self-castration, stood in stark contrast to the Fate Clan's history of civilizational expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By convention, when facing such a lowly minor world, one should depart after acquiring key resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many clansmen who followed Ming Hou were born in the Monster World, raised since childhood on the law of the jungle; Ming Hou's actions ran counter to their beliefs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even made them feel the Fate Lord was drawing a prison on the ground, imprisoning himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even led the Fate Clan members who followed him to form a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the Fate Lord, due to the backlash of the Fate Rules, had suffered a series of inexplicable mental issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, his current bewildering behavior could not be explained at all: exiling himself and his following clansmen to a \"dumpster,\" while he bowed and scraped before beings of a lower civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Ming Hou stood before the observation matrix of the Fate Tower, the nearby environment mapped within his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, he decided to optimize and transform this land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make the days his clansmen would settle here more comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the clansmen's suspicions, he naturally knew of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could not explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star Net's promise was only the beginning; the true test had just arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The selection for player qualifications had not yet begun, and the Fate Clan must maintain absolute restraint during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any excessive behavior could cause the High-Dimensional Gods to re-evaluate their worth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must eliminate all potential risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a low voice came from behind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fate Lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou did not turn, merely tilting his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrival was Ming Yun, the Arbiter of the Fate Clan, and one of the core members who had followed him to descend upon Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He perceived that Ming Yun's mental fluctuations currently carried suppressed rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The clansmen need an explanation.\" Ming Yun's voice seemed squeezed through clenched teeth, obviously restrained to the limit:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We did not come here to be prisoners.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou fell silent for a moment before finally speaking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not rush; the answer will arrive soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How soon is soon?\" Ming Yun stepped forward:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three days? Three months? Or three years? We must even apply to you to leave this desolate place; how is this different from self-imprisonment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of the observation matrix reflected on Ming Hou's Iron Face, making his expression appear obscure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ming Yun, you chose to follow me, thus you trust my decisions; since the time has not yet come, why not continue to trust and wait... I can tell you clearly: we are not prisoners, but gamblers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Yun frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This arrival is the greatest gamble of my life; what I wager on is a brand new future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking thus, Ming Hou lifted his fingers from the matrix, turned, and looked straight into Ming Yun's eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And in this gamble, we have already won; next, we need only continue waiting to receive the supreme gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Yun frowned, looking at the serious demeanor of Ming Hou; he opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately chose to shake his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of the recent suspicions among the clansmen, among which were voices suggesting the Fate Lord might have suffered mental confusion due to the backlash of the Fate Rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ming Hou was the Fate Lord of their Longque lineage; no matter what thoughts they harbored, they ought to obey any decision of the Fate Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Yun nodded at this, disappointment unmistakable in his eyes, then turned and departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Ming Yun's departing back, Ming Hou could not help but shake his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could fully understand the suppression and bewilderment in Ming Yun's heart, as well as that of the other clansmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he, completely unaware of the situation, had experienced events similar to theirs, he would have felt similar emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now the formal identity registration with the Earth Alliance was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The revelation of the truth was not far off; by then, the clansmen would understand everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, at dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morning mist shrouding the city had not yet dispersed when a blinding blue light suddenly lit up the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou stood atop the Fate Tower, waving his hand to dispel the invisible energy barrier shrouding Fate City, the silver-white robes on his body billowing in the high-altitude currents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his head slightly, a streak of blue light tore through the cloud layer in his line of sight, like a sword descending from heaven, plunging straight down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bringing his vision closer, this was a supply ship of the Eclipse Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ship's hull was long and shuttle-like, its surface flowing with a luster like liquid metal; seconds later, it landed on an open space in Fate City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the cabin door slid open, members of the Eclipse Clan engineering team walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wore form-fitting gray uniforms, with an emblem of star orbits encircling their chests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leading envoy looked up toward the Fate Tower; his gaze met Ming Hou's across the distance, and he bowed his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou nodded in return, his figure drifting down from the high tower, landing before the captain leading the Eclipse Clan engineering team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using human etiquette, after raising his hand to shake, the engineering captain pointed to the robots currently unloading cargo:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the agreement, this is the first batch of equipment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon finishing his words, the locks on the surface of a metal box pointed to by his finger disengaged layer by layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A game pod, entirely black, slowly rose from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pod cover became transparent like liquid; inside was a recess shaped to fit the Fate Clan's physique, where one could see silver threads for neural connection densely covering the inner walls, shimmering with fine starlight in the morning glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The signal tower will complete debugging before noon; by then, you will be able to log into the Star Net network. However, the quantity of the latest model game pods is limited, so we can only issue one hundred to you; subsequent units can be obtained through purchase or by continuing to apply for support... As for port equipment, we can fully satisfy that demand; I will complete this aspect as soon as possible. I hope you will cooperate with the upcoming transformation project.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\" Gazing at the game pod, excitement was unmistakable in Ming Hou's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the most brilliant gamble of his life did not stir him as much as this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These devices, crafted from inferior materials, were the crucial link to becoming players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou came to a halt before the game pod, his fingertips gently stroking its surface; the cold metallic touch made the blood in his entire body boil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since his birth, this was the first time he felt fate under his own control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before departing, he had removed the \"Fate is Impermanent\" mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also seemed to signify that the \"impermanence\" in his fate had vanished; ahead lay only the broad avenue to heaven slowly unfolding beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This inferior metal shell, in Ming Hou's eyes, slept with infinite possibilities more precious than any rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becoming a player meant breaking through the shackles of life and mastering the Law Fate Repository.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, his breathing unconsciously became rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silver long hair danced without wind, and it suddenly let out a low chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fate Clan members witnessing this scene, however, could not help but shake their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fate Lord was at it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing these inferior metal creations, he had actually displayed emotions of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fate Clan members watching from afar exchanged worried glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not understand why their leader would show such an obsessed expression toward a creation of a low-level civilization, even becoming so excited that he could barely control his emotions; this made them feel even more uneasy than the previous \"Fate Backlash Incident.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the arrived engineering personnel had already deployed the nano-machine swarm, and a silver-gray Black Tide was moving through the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Signal tower debugging, construction of basic network equipment (computers, ports), laying network cables... the entire process was advancing in an orderly manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the members of the Fate Clan were dissatisfied about foreign clan members entering their clan grounds, or even freely modifying the clan grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, they still chose to obey the Fate Lord's arrangements, suppressing their emotions deep within their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At noon, between the silver-white building clusters, the last batch of nano-machines withdrew like a receding Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly completed signal tower stood in the center of the city, less than a hundred meters away from the Fate Reasoning Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Moon Eclipse Clan engineering team withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Ming Hou stood on a high platform in the city center, gathering the thirty thousand Fate Clan members who followed him there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you have many doubts: why we came to this barren world, why we chose to imprison ourselves, and why I am interested in the equipment of this desolate world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, the crowd became restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All clan members raised their heads, eager to learn the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, the truth lies in the rooms where you reside. Every room is equipped with a computer, one of the devices for connecting to the Star Net. The answers you seek are on them. As for how to use them, I will publish the guide on the mental network.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the barriers of language and script, I have already contacted the Star Net to transmit our clan's textual and linguistic information. Presumably, it has already installed real-time text and language translation functions on the computers. If not for now, then acquire proficiency in Earth's language and script through mutual gaming...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Brother Ming Hou finished speaking and announced the dismissal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impatient clan members rushed back to their rooms, only to immediately discover a monitor and some equipment crafted from inferior materials had appeared inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The craftsmanship of this equipment is so crude.\" A young warrior who entered a room disdainfully poked the bezel of the monitor with his fingertip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A perception scan revealed that there was not even a proper energy transmission structure inside the device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar complaints arose in every room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon their initial contact with computers, the Fate Clan found it difficult to comprehend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had the Fate Lord asked them to seek answers within this device?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filled with doubt, they connected to the mental network to check the usage guide shared by Brother Ming Hou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, they sat down before the computer desks one after another and pressed the circular button on the desktop that glowed faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a hum, screens in different rooms lit up with blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the light stabilized, the screen displayed text they completely could not understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the startup finished and it jumped to the desktop, the font automatically switched to their own clan's script, which they could read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the steps in the guide, they manipulated the mouse to open a webpage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The homepage was the official website for the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the four large characters \"Monster World,\" the expressions of all Fate Clan members showed some surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had not expected that equipment in this world would actually store information about the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also made them realize that perhaps the Fate Lord's decisions were not as simple as they had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuing to browse, just like Brother Ming Hou had done at the time, they opened the \"World Map.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They discovered that most areas on the map were shrouded in mist, and among the regions where the mist had been dispelled, most were located in the Pale Continent area where their Fate Clan mainly operated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many speculations sprouted in the minds of the Fate Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing they thought of was that the living beings of this minor world seemed to have also gone to the Monster World to explore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drawn map should represent the areas they had once explored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For such a weak race to be able to explore such a vast land in the Monster World was truly unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After their initial contact and understanding, the Earth in their eyes could completely be regarded as a \"Muddy Swamp World.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called Muddy Swamp World refers to those worlds incapable of naturally spawning spiritual resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The common characteristic of such worlds is that they generally use non-spiritual materials, and technological development is entirely limited by the upper bound of material quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The living beings residing here are like those trapped in a swamp; no matter how much they struggle, it is to no avail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fundamentally cannot break through the current world barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even the most basic spatial-type materials do not exist; the limit of development is nothing more than flying within the tolerance limits of materials or exploring extraterrestrial worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is still far from reaching the level of cross-space travel.\u003C\u002Fp>",2680,"2026-06-19T09:20:37.851Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","143f9d3156dda0d4ab7c54ad3969aff07ad43213a9b34525289709a88a6f853f","monsters-are-coming-chapter-349","monsters-are-coming-chapter-347",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]